Food for Thought

How four Kiwis changed their diets to save their lives

CHLOE WINTER AND SUYEON SON – last updated 05:00, March 13 2017

For many New Zealanders, a radical new diet doesn’t just happen. It takes a life-threatening medical emergency or diagnosis.

As part of Stuff’s Food for Thought series, they met four people from different parts of the country and different walks of life who turned their diet on its head. Because if they didn’t, the consequences could have been fatal.